About the Project

The Network for Justice in Global Investment is a joint effort by citizens and organizations in a variety of countries to challenge one of the most anti-democratic aspects of the global economic order – the rules governing international investment. Read More.

Following the decision of the EU to further its trade and investment ties with the Southern Mediterranean, the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) together with 42 civil society organizations from Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan and other Arab countries, sent a letter to European Union institutions, calling for an assessment impact on human rights. If these strategies are to be in line

It is said that Greece’s government has introduced legislation to its parliament this week that will allow it to enforce losses on bondholders in a write down of Greek debt. Unofficial sources have said that pursuant to the proposed legislation collective action clauses (“CACs”) will be introduced in Greek law bonds with retroactive effect. See

Today an international investment tribunal ordered the government of Ecuador to suspend its enforcement of court judgments by the Provincial Court of Sucumbios against oil giant Chevron — judgments that resulted from massive dumping of toxic waste in a previously pristine rainforest region. The order applies to enforcement actions sought both “within and without Ecuador” – presumably including the

Speaking of the Chevron case, there was just a major development. Here’s the ruling, and here’s our statement:

Will Chevron Case Take Down Trade Pact ‘Investor-State’ Enforcement System?

Unprecedented Ruling Today by International Investor Tribunal Orders Ecuadorian Government to Violate Its Constitution, Interfere in Its Independent Court System to Help Chevron Evade Liability for Amazonian Contamination

TURIN, Italy – A Swiss tycoon and a Belgian baron were convicted by an Italian court and sentenced to 16 years in jail on Monday for negligence that led to more than 2,000 asbestos-related deaths in the biggest trial of its kind.

The case in Turin could set a precedent for proceedings worldwide about safety

By the Foundation for Studies on the Application of Law (FESPAD, a Member of the National Roundtable on Metallic Mining in El Salvador)[1] [2]

The legal proceedings initiated by the mining company Pacific Rim[3] against the Salvadoran state before the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), is today waiting on a resolution. This is because the three arbiters who will

This is a compilation of articles published from a variety of international media sources. It includes a collection of voices within the debate expressing opinions on the decision of the Venezuelan government to denounce the ICSID Convention within the context of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit filed by the oil company Exxon Mobil Corp. against the country.

(The arbitral award is available publicly and can be downloaded from here)

As first reported by this newspaper, White Industries went into arbitration — the second time it did so in the same case — against Coal India, with which it had a contract for supply of equipment and development of a coal mine

In the face of the imminent re-opening of the operations of the La Oroya Metallurgical Complex, which is administered by the company Doe Run Peru, and without any evidence showing the intention of providing an integrated solution to the environmental contamination that continues to afflict the city, we state the following:

Country may not dodge investment cases by pulling out of disputes convention

﻿On 24 January Venezuela gave notice to the World Bank of its denunciation of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States, following in the footsteps of Bolivia (2007) and Ecuador (2009). This 1966 convention